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PA G E 3 PA G E 4 PA G E 7
veu Expert Urges Prevention of
Hospital·Acquired Infections
Theatre veu Sponsors
Education Outreach Program
PAGE 6 l St. Clair to Highlight
Interior Design Day
YCU Recognizes 2000
YCU's Children's Choir
to Perform at Carnegie Hall
YCU Kicks Off Annual PA G E 5 PA G E 8
Giving Campaign
Focus On Compliance Initiative
Faculty Mentor Recipients
:L'{O~S, CUR 1 S 1\. Campus Calendar
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Unive'rCity News April 3,2000 Vol. 28 No. 16
School of Nursing
Receives $500,000
Gift for Outreach
Services
Henry Appointed Endowed
Professor to Direct Initiative
by Bee Gee Brem
Uni versity News Services Vrginia Commonwealth University's
School of Nursing will use a $500,000
donation-the largest one-time giftin
the school's history-to support its outreach
program for underserved urban residents.
The Theresa Thomas Foundation's gift­to
be over a three-year period - is for the
schools oommunity nursing programs.
Joanne K. Henry, Ed.D., associate pro-fessor
and director of
the school's Commu­nity
Nursing Organi­zation,
has been
appointed the first
Theresa A. Thomas
Memorial Foundation
Endowed Professor
and will direct the use
of the gift.
"Dr. Henry's
Joanne Henry record of advancing
health care to the traditionally underserved
is extraordinary," said Nancy F. Langston,
Ph .D., dean of the School of Nursing.
"Commitment to the community is a fun­damental
aspect of her life and work."
In her new role, Henry will serve as the
link between the School of Nursing and
Richmond's urban community to identifY
un met health needs. Working with local
agencies, she will develop feasibility studies,
program plans and evaluations of oommu-
See NURSING page 2
Men's Tennis Looks
to Capture NCAA
Championship Title
VGU Boasts Number
One Player in the Nation
by Pamela Lippincott
and Whitney Bowles
University News Services Heading into its 10th straight winning
season, the Yirginia Common­wealth
University men's tennis team
is making its way toward the final matches
of the season. Currently ranked 16th in the
Robotics
Recently, athletes ofa
very different kind swarmed VCU's Stuart C.
Siegel Center: Robots. Thousands of high
school students and their mentors from as
far away as Brazil unleashed their ball·wield· •
ing robots during the FIRST (For Inspiration
and Recognition of Science and Technology)
Robotics Competition. A 1Q·city nationwide
event, VCU's School of Engineering and NASA Langley Research Center were sponsors of
the South Atlantic regional games March 16·18. Six weeks prior to the competition, each
team received a box of parts, contest rules and the challenge to design and buiid a robot·
ic basketball player capable of dunking balls in a Hoot·high goal. Robots also performed
mechanical chin·ups and completed other tasks. Seventeen teams from Virginia partici'
pated, as well as groups from Alabama, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hamp·
shire, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and West Virginia.
nation by the Intercollegiate Tennis Asso­ciation,
the team is looking to win its fiftll
consecutive Colo­nial
Athletic Asso­ciation
Champ­ionship
title and
then head to the
NCAA Champi­onships
in May.
"It doesn't
happen every day
for the number one
player in the coun­try
to be on your
team," said VCU the number one player
coach Paul Kostin. in the nation.
"It also helps that
a couple of players on the team also have
high national rankings. If the others step it
up a little and we stay healthy, 1 think we
have a great chance to win the NCAA."
holds the number 12
spot in the nation.
For the flrst
time in YCU histo­ry,
Swede Daniel
Andersson - who
holds the number
one spot in the
country - has a
chance to bring
home the NCAA
singles play title.
Andersson's
current ranking has
already set a reoord
for VCU - he is
the first tennis play­er
ever to reach that status.
See TENNIS page 6
LINKS Conference
Explores Public
University, State
Government Ties
VGU PreSident, Former Governor
to Serve as Keynote Speakers
by Marcia Meredith
University News Services University leaders, elected officials and
policy makers from across the ooun­try
will examine ways to strengthen
the linkage between state governments and
public universities. It will take place during the
8th Annual UNKS Conference, "Semng the
Public in the 21st Century," on April 13-14.
The national conference, hosted by VIrginia
Commonwealth Univen.ity's Center for Public
Policy, will be held at the Richmond Omni
Hotel, 100 S. 12th SI.
Conference keynote speakers will be YCU
President Eugene P. Trani, Ph.D., and L. Dou­glas
Wilder, Fonner VIrginia governor and dis­tinguished
professor in YCU's Center for Public
Policy.
"Since the formation of the LINKS in
1993, a crucial policy debate has been taking
place across the oountry over the appropri­ate
role of public universities and the rela­tionship
between those institutions and state
government," said Robert Holsworth, Ph.D.,
director of YCU's Center for Public Policy.
"VCU is an appropriate setting to host such
an event because of the ties we have with our
state government and oommunity."
Previous LINKS oonferences have been
held at California State University at Sacra­mento,
the University of Georgia, the Uni­versity
of Colorado, Michigan State
University, the University of Illinois at
See LINKS page 2
New Compliance
Program Initiative
Newinitiative todevelop a Finan­cial,
Operational and Adminis­ative
Practices F.ramework is
underway at Virginia Commonwealth
University.

School of Nursing Receives $500,000 Gift for Outreach Services, Henry Appointed Endowed Professor to Direct Initiative -- LINKS Conference Explores Public University, State Government Ties, VCU President, Former Governor to Serve as Keynote Speakers -- Robotics -- Men's Tennis Looks to Capture NCAA Championship Title, VCU Boasts Number One Player in the Nation -- New Compliance Program Initiative

PA G E 3 PA G E 4 PA G E 7
veu Expert Urges Prevention of
Hospital·Acquired Infections
Theatre veu Sponsors
Education Outreach Program
PAGE 6 l St. Clair to Highlight
Interior Design Day
YCU Recognizes 2000
YCU's Children's Choir
to Perform at Carnegie Hall
YCU Kicks Off Annual PA G E 5 PA G E 8
Giving Campaign
Focus On Compliance Initiative
Faculty Mentor Recipients
:L'{O~S, CUR 1 S 1\. Campus Calendar
P¥. ' O.. '? : Dn o-S~:E -~:. .'" 2~'"(")-3-"-L3 1'1 . ' :[ Iyg~
Unive'rCity News April 3,2000 Vol. 28 No. 16
School of Nursing
Receives $500,000
Gift for Outreach
Services
Henry Appointed Endowed
Professor to Direct Initiative
by Bee Gee Brem
Uni versity News Services Vrginia Commonwealth University's
School of Nursing will use a $500,000
donation-the largest one-time giftin
the school's history-to support its outreach
program for underserved urban residents.
The Theresa Thomas Foundation's gift­to
be over a three-year period - is for the
schools oommunity nursing programs.
Joanne K. Henry, Ed.D., associate pro-fessor
and director of
the school's Commu­nity
Nursing Organi­zation,
has been
appointed the first
Theresa A. Thomas
Memorial Foundation
Endowed Professor
and will direct the use
of the gift.
"Dr. Henry's
Joanne Henry record of advancing
health care to the traditionally underserved
is extraordinary" said Nancy F. Langston,
Ph .D., dean of the School of Nursing.
"Commitment to the community is a fun­damental
aspect of her life and work."
In her new role, Henry will serve as the
link between the School of Nursing and
Richmond's urban community to identifY
un met health needs. Working with local
agencies, she will develop feasibility studies,
program plans and evaluations of oommu-
See NURSING page 2
Men's Tennis Looks
to Capture NCAA
Championship Title
VGU Boasts Number
One Player in the Nation
by Pamela Lippincott
and Whitney Bowles
University News Services Heading into its 10th straight winning
season, the Yirginia Common­wealth
University men's tennis team
is making its way toward the final matches
of the season. Currently ranked 16th in the
Robotics
Recently, athletes ofa
very different kind swarmed VCU's Stuart C.
Siegel Center: Robots. Thousands of high
school students and their mentors from as
far away as Brazil unleashed their ball·wield· •
ing robots during the FIRST (For Inspiration
and Recognition of Science and Technology)
Robotics Competition. A 1Q·city nationwide
event, VCU's School of Engineering and NASA Langley Research Center were sponsors of
the South Atlantic regional games March 16·18. Six weeks prior to the competition, each
team received a box of parts, contest rules and the challenge to design and buiid a robot·
ic basketball player capable of dunking balls in a Hoot·high goal. Robots also performed
mechanical chin·ups and completed other tasks. Seventeen teams from Virginia partici'
pated, as well as groups from Alabama, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hamp·
shire, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and West Virginia.
nation by the Intercollegiate Tennis Asso­ciation,
the team is looking to win its fiftll
consecutive Colo­nial
Athletic Asso­ciation
Champ­ionship
title and
then head to the
NCAA Champi­onships
in May.
"It doesn't
happen every day
for the number one
player in the coun­try
to be on your
team" said VCU the number one player
coach Paul Kostin. in the nation.
"It also helps that
a couple of players on the team also have
high national rankings. If the others step it
up a little and we stay healthy, 1 think we
have a great chance to win the NCAA."
holds the number 12
spot in the nation.
For the flrst
time in YCU histo­ry,
Swede Daniel
Andersson - who
holds the number
one spot in the
country - has a
chance to bring
home the NCAA
singles play title.
Andersson's
current ranking has
already set a reoord
for VCU - he is
the first tennis play­er
ever to reach that status.
See TENNIS page 6
LINKS Conference
Explores Public
University, State
Government Ties
VGU PreSident, Former Governor
to Serve as Keynote Speakers
by Marcia Meredith
University News Services University leaders, elected officials and
policy makers from across the ooun­try
will examine ways to strengthen
the linkage between state governments and
public universities. It will take place during the
8th Annual UNKS Conference, "Semng the
Public in the 21st Century" on April 13-14.
The national conference, hosted by VIrginia
Commonwealth Univen.ity's Center for Public
Policy, will be held at the Richmond Omni
Hotel, 100 S. 12th SI.
Conference keynote speakers will be YCU
President Eugene P. Trani, Ph.D., and L. Dou­glas
Wilder, Fonner VIrginia governor and dis­tinguished
professor in YCU's Center for Public
Policy.
"Since the formation of the LINKS in
1993, a crucial policy debate has been taking
place across the oountry over the appropri­ate
role of public universities and the rela­tionship
between those institutions and state
government" said Robert Holsworth, Ph.D.,
director of YCU's Center for Public Policy.
"VCU is an appropriate setting to host such
an event because of the ties we have with our
state government and oommunity."
Previous LINKS oonferences have been
held at California State University at Sacra­mento,
the University of Georgia, the Uni­versity
of Colorado, Michigan State
University, the University of Illinois at
See LINKS page 2
New Compliance
Program Initiative
Newinitiative todevelop a Finan­cial,
Operational and Adminis­ative
Practices F.ramework is
underway at Virginia Commonwealth
University.